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Monitor Editor 18 August 2014
Withholding tax on rent: Get it right
This tax was brought into force through Income Tax Amendment Act No. 8 of 2011. Despite the fact that this law has been in force for more than three years now, it appears that some tenants are still unaware of the tax. In this article,...
Correspondent 18 August 2014
Police Edge Cadets in thriller
Police made it two out of two after beating BDF V 49-46 in their opening match of the season last weekend. And that their second win is against another team that beat them last season marks one of their best starts to the League. Cadets were in...
Thato Kala 18 August 2014
Team BONA maintain unbeaten run
Some stellar performances on Saturday saw Team BONA preserve their unbeaten run in the second week of the League. Team BONA, who, perhaps have the advantage of being in camp ahead of the 2015 Africa World Qualifiers next month, took on Spar North...
Thato Kala 18 August 2014
Ketho reckons chess is not a sport
“If chess is to be considered as an Olympic sport, then knitting and maths should also follow suit,” said Khetho who in April blasted the Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) for low prize money immediately after he was crowned the national...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 18 August 2014
Hogs leap to the top after Cheetahs win
The match started on a high note with both sides pushing for an early score. It was Cheetahs who got the first try through full back Lekgobo Bafana in the seventh minute. Hogs nearly registered points a few minutes later after being awarded a...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 18 August 2014
BCA launches volunteer initiative in Kweneng
BCA development officer, Obert Musiyamhanje said the volunteer initiative was launched in Shadishadi and Sojwe in the Kweneng district recently. Teachers in these villages will benefit from the presence of the volunteers. Additionally,...
Teichler Rankoa 18 August 2014
Montsho�s parents disappointed with BAA, BNSC
“Everyone in the family is concerned, me her mother and sisters. We are all concerned for her,” says Victor Nkape, the father of the former 400m world champion. The 52-year-old who works as a supplies officer at Maun Technical College...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 18 August 2014
Dikago howler cost Gunners win
Dikago tried to gather a harmless shot from a free kick by Otlantshekela Mooketsi but the ball squeezed in between his legs. With the 7-0 defeat at the hands of Rollers in the Kabelano Charity Cup still fresh in their minds, Gunners came up with a...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 18 August 2014
Sankoyo Ushers In Football Tourism
The game against Motlakase Power Dynamos was historic in the sense that it was the first Premier League duel involving a Maun team. Maun people with their reputed love for fun came in droves. It is evident that Sankoyo’s qualification for the...
Boniface Keakabetse 18 August 2014
Yarona FM hosts fun in the sun family fun day
The fun event attracted scores of employees, families and friends who were treated to a variety of entertaining activities including board games, jumping castles and quad-bikes. Adding flavor to the day was local football star, Dipsey...
Sharon Mathala 18 August 2014
Batlokwa Commended For Upholding Culture
Accepting dikgafela during the Batlokwa culture day at the Tlokweng main Kgotla on Saturday, Gaborone said he was humbled by his tribe’s gesture. “It is fulfilling to note that most of you are reverting to the old way of doing things...
Chippa Legodimo 18 August 2014
Benson Phuthego, Maxy, dazzle at ACHAP night
The two performers were joined on stage by the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) band. Phuthego, a man who already has two poetry albums under his belt, serenaded the crowd, playing with words in Setswana. The ever-energetic Maxy, clad in the...
Sharon Mathala 18 August 2014
Smart shopping � seasonal clothing
“75% off – Winter Sale!” The question is, is this the best time to buy? If you can buy your winter items for next year, now, then this is a very good time to buy because all of the shops are selling off their winter items at...
Correspondent 18 August 2014
BSE appoints Sikalesele-Vaka as chairperson
According to a pres release, Sikalesele-Vaka is a corporate leader and is currently the founding CEO of Bramer Life Insurance, a joint venture with the Mauritian based conglomerate, British American Investment Company. She is also the founder of...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 18 August 2014
BIH honours young innovators
Participants were tasked with developing and designing an innovative engineering solution that can be implemented to solve current mining problems in Botswana. The competition was classed in two categories, National Biotech and CleanTech and the...
Keikantse Lesemela 18 August 2014
Motovac opens franchise in Jwaneng
Motovac sales director, Samir Patel, said the company has decided to offer franchises to Batswana. “For over 30 years we have seen the brand growing, even in other countries such as Zambia and Zimbabwe. So we want Batswana to benefit because...
Keikantse Lesemela 18 August 2014
Re: God works in ways we cannot understand
I posted on Facebook asking people to help me find this CD bag containing some CDs that I have had since as far back as 1999. But a day passed, another came and went by; a week, two weeks, three weeks, but nothing was forth coming. I kept...
Keikantse Lesemela 18 August 2014
A New Way Of Banking!
When I asked why it had taken this action, I was told that it was because I had provided neither proof of residence nor proof of income. The fact that neither had anything to do with updating and that they hadn’t even requested this...
Sandy Grant 18 August 2014
Gomolemo: The musical composition
Though you are remembered for you unmatched vocal range, Yet you were neither a musician nor a master composer. Though you are remembered for the last dance in Serowe, Still you are neither a musician nor a master composer: You are music...
Dumi Mmualefe 18 August 2014
Do not underestimate what you have
When the two-year-old woke up after the operation, he cried out to his mother, “I cannot see. Mom I cannot see anymore!” Undaunted, his mother reassured him, “Ben, you can still see”. She took his hands and pressed...
George Chingarande 18 August 2014
A Bullet In My Meat..
Once again, it crossed my mind today as I sit ponderting over my take away lunch. Only this is not fast food from an up market restaurant or any known fast-food outlet; today I bought my food from the street. On any ordinary day, I bring my packed...
Tumie Modise 18 August 2014
Democracy Should Be Jealously Protected
Politicians, columnists, journalists, and the media in general would be labelled anti-establishment, whenever such sentiments were voiced. Even when Mma Nasha, the respected Speaker of the National Assembly, lamented the corrosion of democratic...
Monitor Editor 18 August 2014
Remembering Judas Judas�
Nkomo was the lead actor in the popular Botswana Police edutainment television drama series, Itshireletse. He became popular for acting crimes scenes as the perpetrator of crimes or even a conman. Nkomo did his acting job so diligently...
Lekopanye Mooketsi 18 August 2014
Masire, Mogae, launch DK
The presence of both former presidents at DK’s launch, where President Ian Khama was nowhere to be seen, is quite interesting.Under both Masire and Mogae, DK served continuously as a cabinet minister until Khama came into the picture and...
Mpho Mokwape
| 18 August 2014
Orange donates to the Disabled
In a glamorous event which took place at the MoESD headquarters, Baudin had an opportunity to showcase the equipment pack that comprises of 16 hearing aids for learners with hearing impairement and two reading equipment for visually impaired...
Lerato Maleke 18 August 2014
Man Drags Wife Snatcher To Court
He told the Block 8 Customary Court president Keineetse Sebele that he heard rumours that his wife was having an affair. He said because he was also suspicious, he decided to spy on her after she moved out of their matrimonial home early this year. A...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 18 August 2014
Peeping tom nabbed for idling
In his defence, Ezekiel Mosetlha pleaded with Urban Customary Court deputy president Patricia Radipati to forgive him and withdraw his case because he was a first offender and also a psychiatric patient. When asked what evidence he had to support...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 18 August 2014
Journalist behind the leaked BDP tape
In the tape that is still airing on Gabz FM, minister Mokgweetsi Masisi is heard saying one of the ruling party strategies would be to go on Facebook with fake names and attack their critics. The WeekendPost also published extensively contents of the...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 18 August 2014
Amantle De-Activates Facebook Accounts
It is not the first time the pride of Botswana athletics has de-activated the account, having done so, shortly after the Olympic Committee announced two weeks ago that she tested positive for banned substance. On the Thursday night though, Montsho...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe 18 August 2014
Eight Form Five retakes pregnant
Speaking in an interview with The Monitor, the Okavango legislator said; “I have a record that shows that eight of the students are pregnant. In fact I suspect there aremore.’ Arone attributed this to the government delay to act...
Boniface Keakabetse 18 August 2014
Over 40% Of Batswana do not plant crops
The same statistics also show that a whopping 21% of Batswana do not own any livestock while 20.6% own just poultry. Kgomo, cattle, traditionally viewed as a measure of a household’s well being, are owned by 19.7% of...
Boniface Keakabetse 18 August 2014
Sex horror in the classroom
The acting head teacher of the school, Misha Israel said the matter was dealt with by the school’s guidance teacher. Israel went out of the office to go and call the guidance and senior teachers. They came after a long discussion...
Lekopanye Mooketsi 18 August 2014
Thieves Steal Car With Owner Inside
While confirming the hijacking, Broadhurst Police Station Commander, Bonosi Molapisi would however not give details, except that they found the 50-year-old woman unharmed in the village that is around 50 kilometers South West of Gaborone. He said...
Mpho Mokwape
| 18 August 2014
College students want liquor store
Addressing a general meeting of the student community last week, the Student Representative Council (SRC) president, Godiraone Samuel said they want the school to be transformed to meet its community’s needs. Currently the College is going...
Keikantse Lesemela 18 August 2014
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